Talk:Double-flowered

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Did you know... that double flowers were first documented as a floral abnormality in ancient Greece and are found in many common flower varieties including impatiens (example pictured), carnations, camellias and roses?

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Doubled sepals?[edit]

The article says that doubling is due to multiple petals, but in such plants as double flowered tulips and narcissus with a showy perianth rather than just a showy corolla, it may well be due to double sepals as well. Imc (talk) 19:45, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

New book (2018)[edit]

New (2018) book ... haven't yet read it.

Double flowers : the remarkable story of extra-petalled blooms.

Author: Nicola Ferguson; Charles Quest-Ritson

Publisher: [London] : Pimpernel Press Ltd, [2018].

http://www.worldcat.org/title/double-flowers-the-remarkable-story-of-extra-petalled-blooms/oclc/986738980&referer=brief_results

Double-flowered is not a frequent topic of literature. WorldCat lists a few recent articles, but the above appears to be the first new book specific to the topic since 1983 (below):

Double flowers : a scientific study

Author: Joan Reynolds John Tampion

http://www.worldcat.org/title/double-flowers-a-scientific-study/

Double / sterile flowers are gaining topical interest as a factor impacting pollinators.

GeeBee60 (talk) 15:44, 31 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]